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Diabetes Care, Vol 18, Issue 2 166-169, Copyright © 1995 by American Diabetes Association

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Maternal metabolic control and risk of microcephaly among infants of diabetic mothers

MF Greene, EN Allred and A Leviton
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

OBJECTIVE--To measure the incidence of microcephaly among infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) and assess its relationship to metabolic control during pregnancy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--Head circumference data for 556 consecutive live-born singleton infants of women with insulin-requiring diabetes antedating pregnancy delivered between 28 and 40 weeks of gestation and the results of 3,242 HbA1 determinations collected during their pregnancies were examined. RESULTS--There were fewer head circumferences at or below the 3rd percentile and more at or above the 97th percentile than expected. Head circumference was not related to maternal metabolic control as documented by the HbA1 values. CONCLUSIONS--The less-than-expected incidence of microcephaly observed in this patient population probably reflects the well-known tendency of IDM toward macrosomia.
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